Lord’s Day Message:
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. 3 But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. 4 Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. 5 For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. 6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. 7 Therefore do not become partners with them;
8 for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), 10 and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. 13 But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, 14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Message Outline: The Christians living (3) – Be imitators of God
- To walk in love
- As beloved children
- As Christ loved us
- As being proper among the saints
- To walk in love
- As children of light
- Bearing goodness, righteousness and truth in light
- To discern what is pleasing to the Lord
- To take no part in the works of darkness, but expose them that they may wake up in the light of Christ
- To walk wisely
- To make the best use of the time because the days are evil
- To understand the will of the Lord
- Do not get drunk with wine but be filled with the Spirit
Message Next Week: Eph. 5:22-33 (combined meeting)
Church Meetings/Time/Place
Home Meeting/Chinese Speaking Young People:
30/4 Sun. 7:30pm, Patrick & Lily’s
1/5 Mon., 7:30pm, Richard & Flora’s, (Dinner @ 7pm)
Pursuing of Uni Students: 2/5 Tue. 7:30pm, Yulin’s
(7:00 dinner)
Sisters Meeting: 3/5 Wed. 10:00am, Lili’s
Prayer Meeting: 3/5 Wed. 8:00pm,
Meeting Hall (combined)
Pursuing of Words: 5/5 Fri. 8:00 pm, Yu-Lin’s
Young People Meeting/Home meeting for Adults：
6/5 Sat. 7:30pm, Olsen & Likun’s (Gospel group)
Sam & Hannah’s (YP & other adults)
Announcements:
- We welcome all the new ones who are joining us today. May God bless you and lead you into this family of God.
- Today at 1pm Brother Raymond and Sister Lian will share a special topic of “one on one shepherding” on second floor. We encourage brothers and sisters to participate and learn to pursue the Lord in the church life.
- Next Lord’s Day will be the combined meeting for Chinese and English speaking saints. We also welcome all to come at 9am to have breakfast together and prepare our heart to worship God
- On July 9-15 the church plans to join the Chinese speaking conference in Cleveland, USA. If any brothers and sisters are interested, please register with Brother Yulin Wang.
<Reminder>
- For brothers and sisters please bring your own Bible and hymn book for the Lord’s Day meeting.
- During the meeting, please turn off your mobile phone or put the volume on silence and not to walk around or to wonder/talk too loud in the kitchen.
- When you prepare the love feast for Lord’s Day lunch, please do not prepare any food containing nuts as someone may have food allergy.
Please refrain from bringing uncooked food for the love feast so we may lighten the work for the serving ones in the kitchen.
Intercession:
- May the Lord bless the gospel friends among us that they can know how precious the Lord is and are willing to believe in Him.
- Pray for the new believers (4 brothers: Vincent Tai, YuMing Liang, Zylen Liang and Frank Wang, and 3 sisters: Li Zhou, XiaChun Li & YuRong Liu). May the Lord establish them in the church life and bless their growth in life.
- Let’s give thanks and praises to God for what He has done in the Collaroy conference. May He keep working in us and always bring us back to Him.
- Pray for the brothers and sisters or their relatives who are weak in body or spirit. May the Lord care for them and give them sufficient grace.
Serving This Week: (Apr. 30)
- Message: Richard Chen & Yulin Wang
- Serving before Meeting: John & Jessie
- Breaking the Bread: David Tan & Olsen Yu
- Serving Bread and Cup: Olsen Yu, Benchu Guo, Jason Wang & Chuan Ma
- Cleaning: Jason & Susan family, Andy & Anne family, Richard Huang family, Benchu Guo family, Yulin family
- Kitchen: Margaret & DD
- Children: Supervisor – Richard & Lydia
Singing – Sarah & David
Teachers – Christine & Mandy
Serving Next Week: (May 7)
- Message: Thomas Wu & Yulin Wang
- Serving before Meeting: All
- Breaking the Bread: Shanwon Chow & Sam Li
- Serving Bread and Cup: Richard Huang, John Yi, Jason Wang & Benchu Guo
- Cleaning: Jason & Susan family, Andy & Anne family, Richard Huang family, Benchu Guo family, Yulin family
- Kitchen: Pauline & Lisa
- Children: Supervisor – Lily & Joe
Singing – Fiona & Angela
Teachers – Vasya, Lian & Leonie
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